But hey… Drew Brees, who quarterbacks the New Orleans Saints, is 39. Today they face the Philadelphia Eagles and 29-year-old QB Nick Foles, who is eight years younger than any other QB starting in today’s divisional playoff games. Yet maybe with age, comes experience: when the Saints faced the Eagles earlier this season, the Saints trounced them 48-7. But don’t expect that to happen again. The Eagles, winners of last year’s Super Bowl, got into the playoffs this year by an almost miraculous final string of events, then won last week’s wild-card game by an even more improbable last-second finish, in which what would have been the Chicago Bears’ victory-clinching field goal not only fell short, but bounced off both an upright and the crossbar before falling short. (Double doink!) The Eagles are entering the game like I’m looking at this phase of my life: should have been dead already, so why not enjoy what’s left? And when this game is over, I expect, and hope, that somehow, the Eagles and I will still be standing.